When Hands Reach Out

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When hands reach out and fingers trace

Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (2001)
Published in 6 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	When Love Is Found

Choral
	Scripture Songs (12 Traditional Songs wi…

Instrumental
	Cello Solos for Worship (Arranged with K…

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Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has been a pastor in rural, small town, suburban, and city churches; she has also served as a hospice chaplain, a hospital chaplain, and a school bus aide helping children with special needs. She and her husband Bruce are pastors of the First Presbyterian Union Church in Owego, NY. Carolyn is a gifted hymn writer who has written over 400 hymns. These hymns have been sung by congregations throughout the United States and around the world — from the Washington National Cathedral to St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland to St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa to small town churches and small household congregations; they have also been sung at national church and international ecumenical meetin… Go to person page >

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First Line:	When hands reach out and fingers trace
Title:	When Hands Reach Out
Original Language:	English
Author:	Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (2001)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Publication Date:	2001
Copyright:	Copyright © 2001 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved

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Tune

O WALY WALY

O WALY WALY is a traditional English melody associated with the song "O Waly, Waly, gin love be bony," the words of which date back at least to Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724-1732), and as the setting for a folk ballad about Jamie Douglas. It is also well known in the Appalachian region of the…

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TALLIS' CANON

TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…

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Piano/Organ When Love Is Found Scripture Songs (12 Traditional Songs with New Scripture-Based Lyrics for Young Children) Scripture Songs (12 Traditional Songs with New Scripture-Based Lyrics for Young Children) More Piano/Organ...
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